Machines | Taylor and Dixie County Logging--Part 2 (late 1930s - early 1940s)

Excerpt of original. This rare home movie footage was shot in color by Charles L. Buster Borklund, Jr. in Taylor and Dixie counties during the late 1930s and early 1940s. Borklund, an avid photographer, was an employee of Brooks Scanlon Lumber Company for 37 years, serving in many capacities, including timekeeper, paymaster, and commissary operator. This important film shows many of the processes involved in early 20th century logging operations, while also illustrating the inherent dangers surrounding this difficult work. Scenes includes men attaching skidder tongs to a log. A man is filmed hanging from the tongs and riding over a large pile of logs. A steam powered crane loader is shown loading logs on a flatbed rail car. A clamshell crane is filmed dumping earth into open rail cars in preparation for a new railroad bed. A group of track layers are shown riding a small motorized track maintenance car and adjusting newly laid railroad tracks. The camp scavenger, Old John is filmed riding on a mule-drawn wagon. To see full-length versions of this and other videos from the State Archives of Florida, visit http://www.floridamemory.com/video/. Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us Persistent URL: http://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/232406